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[–] auzy@lemmy.world 6 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

Yeah. I mean, after all.. who would want to vote for someone to run a country who has spent their life practicing law /s

[–] verdantbanana@lemmy.world 0 points 4 weeks ago (2 children)

people who have been ate up by the justice system might have some hesitations

[–] auzy@lemmy.world 1 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

Yeah.. The hugely vast majority of those people are people who have done crime.

The problem isn't the DOJ necessarily, but rather, the laws need to be refined. Having experience in courts can help with that because lawyers have more information from their clients, and know about things like coercive control. They've spoken to people affected.

They've seen which laws should be repealed and harm mostly innocent people such as weed laws regarding possession of small quantities.

And to identify corruption and fix it.

What America needs at the moment is someone who is 100% on top of the law, because it's an open secret that Trump intends to try to exploit every law he can during the election, exploit every loophole and try to exploit corruption in the system. That's why she's perfect.

Whereas, I'm fairly sure Trump wouldn't even be able to decipher any amendments (he'd need a summary)

And having Walz as VP is perfect too due to his extensive history in the military and equally valuable history as a school teacher (so he understands kids too)

[–] verdantbanana@lemmy.world 2 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)

abortion is illegal in most places so now there are women who are considered criminals who have committed a crime

are we including those women too as criminals?

the homeless sleeping outside are committing a crime too

should they be on this criminal list too?

Walz and Trump worked well together too but that does not mean they did something great

Resistance to the Line 3 pipeline expansion is led by Indigenous women and two-spirit people.[35] Ojibwe-led groups including Giniw Collective, Camp Migizi, Red Lake Treaty Camp, RISE Coalition, and Honor the Earth among others have been at the center of resistance.[36] Demonstrators and protesters organizing in opposition to the pipeline refer to themselves as "water protectors"[37] and follow a campaign of non-violent civil disobedience that includes direct actions.[38] Organizers aim to convince the Biden administration to revoke or suspend the pipeline project's federal clean water permit.[23] Minnesota Governor Tim Walz has not taken a firm stance on the pipeline expansion, which received federal approval under the Trump administration.[18][23]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stop_Line_3_protests

[–] auzy@lemmy.world 1 points 3 weeks ago

Your abortion argument actually supports my argument entirely.

Thanks for that

[–] marx2k@lemmy.world 1 points 3 weeks ago

So instead they should be voting for the felon that screams to use the military against his political opponents and institute the death penalty for drug dealers...